Wanted men arrested 01-29-08

Media Release

Big Island police have arrested two men featured on "Hawaii Island’s Most Wanted."

The first, 19-year-old Alexander Kaleookalani Lancaster of Pahoa, was wanted for a robbery at Pohoiki Beach on December 22. Puna patrol officers arrested him in Pahoa Village on January 25. The following day he was charged with second-degree robbery. He was released after posing $1,000 bail. He is expected to make an initial court appearance in Puna District Court on February 26.

The second man, 21-year-old James Deogracias Creekmur of Hilo, was wanted for assault and terroristic threatening. He is suspected of running over a man with his truck in the parking lot of a Hilo Bar on December 20 and then punching him. He is also suspected of firing a handgun near a graduation party in Milolii on June 9. On January 20, detectives convinced Creekmur to turn himself in. Later that day, he was released pending further investigation.